What You'll Do:

People make the difference—and at Avalara, we're building a team that supports our vision of being part of every transaction in the world. We're looking for a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead global hiring strategy, support organizational transformation, and elevate the TA function to the next level.

Reporting to the VP, Global Talent Acquisition, you will help evolve how we attract, engage, and hire talent worldwide, with a focus on strategic leadership, operational excellence, and enabling a Talent Acquisition function. You'll partner with senior business and People leaders, leading key initiatives that shape how we hire today and in the future.

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• Provide global TA leadership across multiple business units, acting as a trusted partner to executive partners and HR colleagues.
• Lead strategic hiring programs aligned to business goals, with a focus on scalable, inclusive, and data-informed recruiting practices.
• Drive change management efforts across the TA function, supporting process optimization, new technology rollouts, and adoption of best practices.
• Design and implement upskilling, training, and enablement programs for recruiters and hiring managers to elevate recruiting capabilities across the company.
• Champion continuous improvement by analyzing performance data, identifying gaps or friction points, and leading efforts to improve and simplify processes.
• Contribute to long-term workforce planning by interpreting labor market trends and competitive intelligence to shape sourcing and pipeline strategies.
• Collaborate with Finance, People & Culture, and business leaders to ensure recruiting efforts align with broader organizational planning.
• Promote inclusivity in hiring, championing diversity, equity, and belonging through both strategy and action.
• You'll be a visible culture carrier and thought partner, promoting Avalara's values and employer brand both internally and externally.

• 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition management experience in global environments, with a strong track record of strategic leadership in high-growth settings.
• Proven experience leading through transformation, including designing and executing change management initiatives and process improvements.
• Strong ability to influence and align stakeholders across complex matrixed organizations.
• Experience driving recruiter and hiring manager enablement through training, toolkits, and best practices.
• Deep understanding of recruiting analytics and how to use data to improve decision-making and optimize outcomes.
• Experience in high-tech or startup environments and a blend of agency and in-house experience.
• Demonstrated success in creating inclusive recruiting strategies that reduce bias and promote equitable outcomes.
• Authentic leadership style rooted in collaboration, communication, and curiosity.

At Avalara, we believe in ownership, adaptability, and curiosity. If you're energized by the opportunity to shape the future of how we hire and grow talent globally, we'd love to meet you.

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

Learn more about our benefits by region here: Avalara North America

We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year, and this year we became a billion-dollar business. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.

We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.